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Snape's task to reach the Stone, A continuity error with Snape's task?
melj1213
post Jan 2 2007, 06:12 PM
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I was answering a different thread on the tasks and I thought of something strange, that i had never thought of before.

Snape's task on the way to the Stone, is a logic riddle, and they have to work out which bottle to drink from to advance through the black flames. However, the bottle Harry needed to drink from to advance onwards was the smallest one, and barely had enough for a mouthful and we are told that Harry drained it.

But my problem is: if that bottle was full when Harry drank from it, how did Quirrell get through? We know he had to complete all of the other tasks from the clues left behind - a harp in Fluffy's chamber, the key with the bent wing in the key chamber, the knocked out Troll, so why was the potion left for Harry instead of an empty bottle?

I only thought about this a short time ago, but it has been bugging me ever since....can anyone think of a resonable explaination for it?


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im quite sure quirell didnt drink all of it so harry could go through..

LV was expecting harry wasnt he...


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- melj1213   Snape's task to reach the Stone   Jan 2 2007, 06:12 PM
- - xenawarriorprincess   Thankyou for taking the time to do that, i was alw...   Jan 6 2007, 02:46 PM
- - fawkes28   This is a modly reminder to stay focused on the to...   Jan 6 2007, 06:42 PM
- - jammi567   for all we know, the bottles could've been bla...   Jan 6 2007, 06:52 PM
- - melj1213   That's kinda what I thought, because it would ...   Jan 6 2007, 07:04 PM
- - Dutch_HP_fan   i think the task resets itself just like the chess...   Jan 7 2007, 03:29 PM
- - melj1213   That was another part of my thinking - if Quirrell...   Jan 7 2007, 04:23 PM
- - MarkPotter   i think that Snapes Potions were there to confuse ...   Jan 8 2007, 12:58 AM
- - MarkPotter   So The Chess pieces were, resetable, i think that ...   Jan 16 2007, 02:43 AM
|- - lydsr   QUOTE(MarkPotter @ Jan 16 2007, 07:43 AM)...   Jan 16 2007, 07:08 AM
- - Alan_Rickman_Fan_2005   My thinking, now that you mentioned it. Is that ev...   Jan 18 2007, 09:08 PM
- - MarkPotter   Ok, i see what you mean lydsr, now you say it, i t...   Jan 18 2007, 09:15 PM
|- - melj1213   QUOTE(MarkPotter @ Jan 19 2007, 02:15 AM)...   Jan 19 2007, 01:15 AM
- - lydsr   i dont think there is necessarily any reasoning be...   Jan 20 2007, 08:46 AM
- - ~FlashBack~   If the tasks really do reset themselves as so many...   Jan 20 2007, 09:45 AM
|- - lydsr   QUOTE(~FlashBack~ @ Jan 20 2007, 02:45 PM...   Jan 20 2007, 01:14 PM
- - bluwolf/sam   QUOTE(~FlashBack~ @ Jan 20 2007, 09:45 AM...   Jan 20 2007, 09:54 AM
- - Potterite   I think that the tasks do reset themselves. As in...   Jan 20 2007, 12:40 PM
- - The Sportz Freak   QUOTEI think that Dumbledore could have umpteen wa...   Apr 29 2007, 06:21 AM
- - Hatun punchaw   If a bottle can be bewitched to allow its content ...   Apr 29 2007, 02:15 PM
|- - samscool   QUOTE(Hatun punchaw @ Apr 29 2007, 08:15 ...   Apr 29 2007, 04:14 PM
- - Hatun punchaw   Well... It's clear that a self-refilling encha...   Apr 29 2007, 07:10 PM
- - weflyofcourse   As someone said, a self-refilling spell would fade...   Oct 2 2009, 05:53 PM
- - CharlieNevin   The refilling charm always confused me because one...   Oct 7 2009, 02:00 PM
- - Hannibal Granger   QUOTE(melj1213 @ Jan 2 2007, 07:12 PM) .....   Oct 26 2009, 09:11 AM


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